On Saturday, we drove out to Rancho Bernardo where Ben and Sylvia
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were joined by Rob
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and then Linda and Anne
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arrived to receive the flowers
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Janet had brought. So our table was Ben
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Sylvia
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Sylvia (vice Dan)
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Larry
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Janet
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Linda
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Anne
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Irv
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and Rob
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with this banana (vice David)
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finishing the group. Ben had the cheeseburger
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Sylvia had the salad,
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Larry's dish was too far away
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Rob had the seafood salad
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and I had the pasta
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all brought by our friendly waiter
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who also brought me this elegant chocolate sundae
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and Larry the butterscotch version
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that looked even better.
On the way home, we stopped at the grocery store
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where there were no pickets and then Ben settled in to play his new game
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as Dan
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and I spoke. We then headed off to dinner where the noodles
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were better in this light
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and worse without a flash
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but Dansyl seemed happy
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and Ben and I
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seemed even happier though I didn't do a good job of keeping my eyes opened
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even as the dumplings
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beef
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tofu
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and moo shu chicken
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came.